Proposed Consolidated Zoning Ordinance Draft 4/03/17
Condensed version of Ord. 315 if proposed changes are accepted.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SUNRISE BEACH VILLAGE, TEXAS, PROVIDING DEFINITIONS, ZONING DISTRICTS, ZONING REGULATIONS, AND STANDARDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF LAND WITHIN THE CITY; PROVIDING SEVERABILITY, OPEN MEETINGS AND EFFECTIVE DATE CLAUSES; PROVIDING PENALTIES; AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS.
WHEREAS, the ordinances of the City establishing zoning districts within the City limits should be amended to better provide an attractive living environment and to protect the health, safety and welfare of the present and future residents of the City;
Article I General......... ................................................................................... 4
Section 1 Authority....... ................................................................................... 4
Section 2 Title................................................................................................. 4
Section 3 General Purpose ............................................................................... 4
Section 4 History ............................................................................................ 5
Section 5 Definitions ....................................................................................... 6
Section 6 Application ...................................................................................... 29
Section 7 Exemptions ..................................................................................... 29
Section 8 Enforcement of Regulations ............................................................... 29
Section 9-19 Reserved
Article II Zoning Districts and Regulations........................................................ 29
Section 20 General Requirements & Limitations................................................... 30
Conformity to Zoning District............................................................. 30
Conformity to Construction Plan Requirements…………………………………………. 30
Conformity to Parking & Loading……………………………………………………………….. 30
Conformity to Building Setback Requirements…………………………………………… 30
Conformity to Maintaining Commercial Animals………………………………………... 30
Conformity to On-Site Wastewater Disposal Facilities ........................... 30
Conformity to Non-Point Source Pollution Control................................. 31
Outdoor Lighting ............................................................................. 31
Setback (see Chart 1), Height Limit and Lot Size Requirements …………….. 32
Parking .......................................................................................... 32
Section 21 Establishment of Zoning Districts .......................................................33
Section 22 Zoning of Annexed Areas...................................................................35
Section 23 Agricultural District...........................................................................35
Section 24 Single Family Residential Districts.......................................................35
General Purpose………………………………………………………………………………………….. 35
Restrictions on Use……………………………………………………………………………………… 36
Use Regulations…………………………………………………………………………………………… 36
Building Restrictions……………………………………………………………………………………. 37
Specific Structure Requirements (Barndo, Man./Modular)……………………….. 37
Additional Permitted Uses………………………………………………………………………….. 37
Individual District Specifications & Requirements…………………………………….. 37
Section 25 Airport Districts............................................................................... 39
General Purpose & Use………………………………………………………………………………..39
General Requirements for Construction……………………………………………………..39
Commercial Uses………………………………………………………………………………………….40
General Requirements for Facilities and Businesses…………………………………….40
Airport Support Districts AS1-J (GSLE side) & AS2-K (Airview side)……………41
Airport Approach District AA1-L………………………………………………………………….. 42
Airport District AR1-M………………………………………………………………………………….. 43
Section 26 Marine and Beach Districts................................................................. 43
District Description……………………………………………………………………………………….. 43
Uses Permitted……………………………………………………………………………………………… 43
Special Provisions…………………………………………………………………………………………. 43
Section 27 Multiple Family Residential Districts..................................................... 46
District MF1-O-Lot 170 B GSLE Subdivision………………………………………………. 46
District MF2-OA Unit 4, Lots 493A thru 493G…………………………………………… 48
Section 28 Light Commercial Districts................................................................. 48
District Descriptions…………………………………………………………………………………….. 48
General Provisions………………………………………………………………………………………… 49
Purposes & Permitted Uses…………………………………………………………………………. 49
Section 29 Heavy Commercial Districts................................................................ 50
District Description……………………………………………………………………………………….. 50
General Provisions……………………………………………………………………………………….. 50
Purpose and Permitted Uses………………………………………………………………………… 51
Section 30 Light Industrial District...................................................................... 52
Section 31 Parks District ................................................................................. 52
Description and Locations……………………………………………………………………………. 52
Permitted Uses……………………………………………………………………………………………. 53
Other Provisions and Restrictions………………………………………………………………… 53
Section 32 Planned Unit Development................................................................. 53
Section 33-49 Reserved
Article III Requirements & Special Provisions....................................................... 57
Section 50 Streets, Right-Of-Ways, and Drainage................................................. 57
Permitted Uses…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 58
Other Provisions………………………………………………………………………………………….. 58
Pipes, Electric Conductors……………………………………………………………………………. 59
Drainage Structures, Driveways, Approaches & Turn Outs………………………. 60
Drainage Located Within the Right-of-Way………………………………………………. 61
Street Bore/Cut………………………………………………………………………………………….. 61
Damage to Streets, Drainage, and Right-of-Way ……………………………………. 61
New Streets and Roads……………………………………………………………………………… 61
Section 51 Drainage......................................................................................... 62
Alteration of Water Flow……………………………………………………………………………. 62
Design and Control…………………………………………………………………………………….. 62
Drainage Study Required………………………………………………………………………….. 63
Drainage Structures and Facilities……………………………………………………………. 63
Section 52 Structures and Buildings................................................................. 64
Conformity………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 64
Occupancy/Construction of Structures……………………………………………………… 64
Demolition of Structures……………………………………………………………………………… 65
Temporary Housing during Construction…………………………………………………… 66
Section 53 Maintenance of Lots...........................................................................66
Section 54 Maintenance of Structures, Driveways and Culverts.............................. 68
Maintenance of Structures…………………………………………………………………………….68
Driveway and Culvert Maintenance…………………………………………………………. 68
Section 55 Moving Structures into, or within the City..............................................68
Mobile Homes………………………………………………………………………………………………..68
Manufactured/Modular/Industrial…………………………………………………………………69
Section 56 Recreational Vehicles and Camping Type Vehicles.................................70
RV Parking…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 70
Utility Connections and Occupancy Time Limits………………………………………… 70
Unimproved Lot Regulations for RV’s and Campers…………………………………..70
Section 57 Accessory Structures & Uses..............................................................70
Manufactured Storage Type………………………………………………………………………. 71
Temporary Structures during Construction………………………………………….......71
Camping Equipment (tents, tarps)……………………………………………………………..71
Section 58 Landscaping....................................................................................71
Landscaped Areas…………………………………………………………………………………………71
Section 59 Fencing…………………………………………………………………………………………………………72
Screening Fences…………………………………………………………………………………………72
Containment Fences………………………………………………………………………………….. 72
Section 60 Sign Requirements........................................................................ 73
Purpose……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 73
Signs Placed in Residential Districts……………………………………………………….. 74
Signs Placed on Business Properties………………………………………………………… 75
Permit Procedures……………………………………………………………………………………… 76
Maintenance Required………………………………………………………………………………… 76
Removal of Unsafe and Unlawful Signs……………………………………………………… 76
Section 61 Conditional Use Permits……………………………………………………………………………… 77
Section 62 Non-Conforming Structures and Uses…………………………………………………………78
Non-Conforming Structures………………………………………………………………………..78
Non-Conforming Uses………………………………………………………………………………….78
Section 63 Sales, Transfers, Division or Combination of Lots................................ 79
Sale and Transfer of Ownership……………………………………………………………… 80
Subdivisions………………………………………………………………………………………………. 80
Lot Combination…………………………………………………………………………………………. 80
Separation of Previously Combined Lots …………………………………………………. 81
Section 64 Sexually Oriented Businesses............................................................81
Section 65-74 Reserved
Article IV Administration............................................................................... 88
Section 75 General..........................................................................................88
Records…………………………………………………………………………………………………………88
Applications……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 88
Procedure…………………………………………………………………………………………………….88
Implementation…………………………………………………………………………………………. 89
Enforcement………………………………………………………………………………………………..89
Section 76 Development Permits………………………………………………………………………………… 89
Condition for Issuing a Development Permit…………………………………………… 89
Development Permits are required for……………………………………………………….90
Development Permits not Required………………………………………………………….. 90
Development Permit Durations…………………………………………………………………..90
Fees……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..91
Section 77 Certificates of Occupancy……………………………………………………………………………91
Section 78 Planning and Zoning Commission………………………………………………………………92
Responsibilities……………………………………………………………………………………………93
Section 79 Board of Adjustment and Appeals...................................................... 94
Appeals……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 95
Variances………………………………………………………………………………………………………96
Section 80 Ordinance Interpretation……………………………………………………………………………. 97
Section 81 Fees...............................................................................................98
Section 82 Amendments...................................................................................98
Section 83 Violations........................................................................................98
Section 84 Enforcement.................................................................................. 98
Administrative Action……………………………………………………………………………….. 98
Court Proceedings………………………………………………………………………………………..98
Stop Work Order………………………………………………………………………………………… 98
Section 85-90 Reserved
Article V Closing Provisions............................................................................ 99
Section 91 Construction................................................................................... 99
Section 92 Zoning Changes………………………………………………………………………………………….. 99
Section 93 Other Changes to the Consolidated Zoning Ordinance…………………………….. 101
Section 94 Severability.................................................................................... 101
Section 95 Effective Date................................................................................. 102
Section 96 Open Meetings............................................................................... 102
Section 97 Penalty.......................................................................................... 102
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SUNRISE BEACH VILLAGE, TEXAS, THAT:
ARTICLE I GENERAL
Section 1 - Authority.
This Ordinance is adopted pursuant to the police powers of the City of Sunrise Beach Village and under the authority of the Constitution and general laws of the State of Texas, including particularly Chapter 211, Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code.
Section 2 - Title.
This Ordinance shall be known, and may be cited, as the Consolidated Zoning Ordinance (CZO) of the City of Sunrise Beach Village, Texas.
Section 3 - General Purpose, Jurisdiction and Intent.
A. Purpose.
The primary purposes of this Ordinance are to promote the health, safety, and the general welfare of the City and its present and future residents; provide reasonable regulations and requirements to protect, preserve, improve and provide for the health, safety and general welfare of the present and future citizens of the City; and to establish a framework of zoning criteria to support the development of a quality living and work environment by requiring all future development and redevelopment within a compatible plan for residential, commercial and industrial uses, while providing reasonable protections for both the public and persons having an ownership interest in property affected by these regulations. This ordinance shall be administered and applied to result in development superior to that otherwise achievable and to promote the following purposes:
1. Ensure the safe, orderly, healthful and coordinated development of the City;
2. Conserve existing and future neighborhoods; and protect and conserve the value of real property throughout the community;
3. Conserve, develop, protect, and utilize natural resources, as appropriate and consistent with the public interest, and to enhance the preservation of the environment;
4. Protect and preserve places and areas historically significant to the community’s cultural heritage;
5. Prevent the overcrowding of land and to avoid undue concentration of population, thereby encouraging high quality innovative development;
6. Minimize the congestion in the streets and provide convenient, safe, and efficient circulation of vehicular and pedestrian traffic;
7. Facilitate the adequate and efficient provision of transportation, water, wastewater, schools, parks, emergency and recreational facilities, and other public requirements;
8. Promote economic development for a prosperous economic environment;
9. Promote compatible residential, commercial and industrial uses;
10. Ensure harmonious future development and redevelopment to the existing community;
11. Standardize the procedure and requirements for zoning, development permits, and Certificates of Occupancy to provide administrative efficiency and property owner rights; and
12. Provide the framework for the appropriate reconciliation of any differences of interest among property owners, developers, neighborhoods and the City.
B. Jurisdiction.
The requirements of this Ordinance shall apply to all property within the City; provide for the implementation of the site development regulations; provide a voluntary guide for the development of property within the extraterritorial jurisdiction in order that such property may be developed in a manner consistent with neighboring areas and existing or planned infrastructure; and be construed and applied in a manner to give effect to the City of Sunrise Beach Village Comprehensive Plan.
C. Intent.
The intent of this Ordinance is to supplement the minimum standards for the development of land within the City as contained in the City's Subdivision Ordinance and applicable building, plumbing and electrical codes. This will avoid the monotonous urban setting resulting if only the minimum standards are followed.
Section 4 - History.
• The City of Sunrise Beach Village was incorporated in November 1973.
• The first Zoning Ordinance (#4) was adopted on August 8, 1974.
• The first Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (#40) was adopted on May 16, 1978;
• Revised and reissued as the Consolidated Zoning Ordinance #104 on April 18, 1989;
• Amended on August 17, 1993;
• Revised on November 15, 1994,
• Revised and reissued as the Consolidated Zoning Ordinance #154 on November 1, 1996.
• The Consolidated Zoning Ordinance #154 was revised and reissued as the Consolidated Ordinance #171 on January 31, 1999;
• Revised on April 21, 2000.
• The Consolidated Zoning Ordinance #171 was revised and reissued as the Consolidated Ordinance #171A on June 8, 2000.
• The Consolidated Zoning Ordinance #171A was revised September 5, 2000 and reissued as the Consolidated Ordinance #171B on October 5, 2000.
• The Consolidated Zoning Ordinance #171B was revised Feb 11, 2002 and reissued as the Consolidated Zoning Ordinance #188 on Feb 19, 2002.
• The Consolidated Zoning Ordinance #188 was revised June 19, 2003 and reissued as the Consolidated Zoning Ordinance #205 on June 19, 2003.
• Consolidated Zoning Ordinance #205 was edited between Oct. 2005 and Mar. 2007 and then reissued as Consolidated Zoning Ordinance #246.
· Consolidated Zoning Ordinance #246 was edited March 2012 to incorporate amendments and Drainage Ordinance 277 and reissued as Consolidated Zoning Ordinance #315.
· Consolidated Zoning Ordinance #315 was edited ?????? to incorporate amendments, reformatted and was reissued as Consolidated Zoning Ordinance # ?????.
Section 5 - Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning. Words used in the present tense include the future tense. Words used in the plural number include the singular, and words in the singular include the plural. The word "shall" is always mandatory. The word "herein" means in this Ordinance. The word "regulations" means the provisions of any applicable ordinance, rule, regulation or policy. The word “person" means any human being or legal entity and includes a corporation, a partnership, and an incorporated or unincorporated association. The words “used or occupied” as applied to any land or building shall be construed to include the words intended, arranged, or designed to be used or occupied.
Abandoned Boat or Personal Watercraft (PWC) - any boat or PWC that is (a) unregistered or whose displayed registration decal has been expired by two years or longer; and (b) that is wrecked, dismantled or partially dismantled, or discarded for more that 72 consecutive hours, if the boat or watercraft is on public property or in or over lake water adjacent to public property; or 30 consecutive days, if the vessel is on private property or in or over the lake adjacent to private property.
Access - a way of approaching or entering or exiting a property.
Accessory Use - a use that is customarily associated with the principal use, and which is clearly incidental, subordinate and secondary to the permitted use, and which does not change the character thereof, i.e. may include, but not be limited to, guest facilities, garages, carports, recreational facilities such as swimming pools or storage of personal items. Commercial use may include equipment storage area, lumber or plumbing supply area.
Accessory Structure - see Structure
Adjacent - abutting and directly connected to or bordering.
Airport Districts - all Aircraft Support, Aircraft Approach and Airport Districts as described in this ordinance.
Alcoholic Beverages-Off-Premises - the standard use listing for a convenience store or similar facility where the sale of beer, wine or liquor for off-premises consumption is an allowed use according to zoning standards.
Alcoholic Beverages-On-Premises - the standard use listing for an establishment the serving of beer, wine or liquor for on-premise consumption is an allowed use according to zoning standards.
Amortization - a method of eliminating non-conforming uses by requiring the termination of the non-conforming use after a specified period of time.
Annexation - the incorporation of land area into the City with a resulting change in the boundaries of the City.
Animal(s) - any animate being that is not a human.
Antique Shop - a business which sells items whose value is greater than the original purchase price because of age or intrinsic value.
Apartment - see Dwelling.
Applicant - a person applying for a plan, plat or zoning approval under this Ordinance.
Approval - the final approval in a series of required actions. For instance, the approval date of a Planned Unit Development, plat or zoning application is the date of the City Council approval of the Final Site Plan.